Style Stars Blog

Style Stars Entrance Deadline Extended to 2010

2009-05-07T05:00:00.000-07:00

We are now extending our entrance deadline for Style Stars Hair Contest all the way to September 2010.

Local Stylist Wins $50,000 Gift

2009-05-07T04:07:00.000-07:00

Lindsey Bomba beat out 215 other contestants in a national hair styling contest to win a prize package valued at $50,000.

Spa Tech Institute Student Awarded First Place

2009-05-07T03:57:00.001-07:00

Lindsey Bomba, 25, a student at Spa Tech Institute in Portland, Maine, earned first place in the Junior Star Styles competition; a national competition that attracted more than 200 of the nation’s top cosmetology students.

On Monday, May 4, Bomba was awarded more than $50,000 in cash, education and travel as well as the chance to work with some of the masters in the hair industry.

Bomba learned of her award during a surprise presentation by Junior Style Stars founder Paul Barry of Barristar Productions. Mr. Barry traveled from Newport Beach, California to Maine to present Bomba with her award.

Congratulation Lindsey -
From all of us in Style Stars - Florida

Style Stars Award Ceremony 2008/2009

2008-10-07T04:51:00.000-07:00

Style Stars award ceremony in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Style Stars 2008 for Matthew Nischler from Australia

See the stars shine in Puerto Rico

2008-07-23T07:40:00.000-07:00

Join us October 19 & 20 for two days of hair, nail, color spa and business in beautiful San Juan, Puerto Rico. See the Style superstars in person and enjoy the glitz, glamour and excitement of this spectacular International Beauty Show.

Style Stars Team will be there to meet you.

Junior Style Stars Results 2007/2008

2008-03-19T05:33:00.000-07:00

Junior Style Stars hair competition for US cosmetology students is now announcing the results of its second round of judging.

Junior Style Stars is for the enhancement of careers in the cosmetology field through providing the platform for the future hairstylist to develop their artistic skills. With No Politics and Just Talent, JSS is the only competition of its kind in the world that all competitors use the same model and same photography set-ups regardless of location. If you have students practice at your hair salon, don't forget to encourage them to advance their skills by joining our hair contest.

Winner of Style Stars 2007 in Hair's How Magazine

2008-02-15T04:29:00.001-08:00

Interview with Sean Yoell - Hair's How Magazine Jan/Feb Issue 2008
To get a copy visit www.HairsHow.us

Winner of Style Stars 2007 in Total Image Magazine

2008-02-15T03:38:00.000-08:00

Total Image Magazine
Style by Sean Yoell, winner of Style Stars 2007

Winner of Style Stars 2007 in Modern Salon Magazine

2008-02-15T02:40:00.000-08:00

Modern Salon Magazine - Issue February 2008

Don't forget to get a copy of this issue and subscribe to Modern Salon at www.modernsalon.com

Caribbean Sunset

2007-11-18T07:03:00.001-08:00

We had a lot of fun during our stay at Yabucoa Beach in Puerto Rico. The sun was perfect for photo shoot and the results was astonishing.

was simply Style Stars 2007 for Sean Yoell, of Accents Hair Studio
Winner hair model: Tiana Robles from Florida
Event: Caribbean Photo Shoot
Collection: Caribbean Sunset
Photo: Tom Carson - Makeup: Katherine Quiel
Style Team: Sean Yoell, Egidio Borri and Flo Briggs

Brazilian Keratin Treatment

2007-10-09T07:10:00.001-07:00

A Popular Hair Straightening Technique Worth Dying For?!

The October issue of Allure magazine in US includes an investigation into the Brazilian Keratin hair treatment also known as "escova progressiva" treatments, which cost as much as $600 and claim to turn dry, frizzy hair into smooth, silky hair for months. Stylists and clients often wear gas masks or other protective equipment and still may feel the ill effects of this potentially fatal gas.

Many customers and stylists do not know that this Brazilian treatment often contains high concentrations of formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical, used primary in the preservation of the deceased.

The magazine found that many of the most popular treatments on the market contain at least ten times more formaldehyde than the .2 percent considered safe by the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel. The Food and Drug Administration does not regulate cosmetics but now is looking into the "escova progressiva" treatments.

Some salon owners and stylists believed that their Brazilian keratin treatment solution contained 2 percent and not .2 percent formaldehyde and that is actually approved by the FDA. But that statement is false according to FDA's spokeswoman Veronica Castero.

Most stylists using this treatment said they use safe measure, like wearing latex gloves and working near ventilation hood or windows, but that might not be enough.

The most interesting part is that this product claim smooth silky hair using Keratin, but it seems keratin has nothing to do with hair straightening and does NOT change the structure of the hair and it's really the formaldehyde that makes the treatment work. According to Allure Magazine, "It's doubtful that keratin does anything except provide a good marketing story. It's window dressing."

Many hair salons have started to suspend this kind of treatment and others are offering their own alternative to unsafe popular Brazilian Keratin treatment. Yellow Strawberry Salon in Florida has developed its own Caribbean Dream treatment. "Caribbean Dream requires no gas masks, no extreme or unorthodox safety equipment and stylists can use this product without worrying about endangering their clients or themselves, confident that this hair treatment will give women the same, sought-after look as escova progressiva," Says the owner Jesse Briggs.

Sources: Allure Magazine, www.short-hair-style.com
Issue October 2007 - Article: Scared Straight
Sub-title: Warning: A hot new hair-straightening treatment from Brazil could be a health hazard. But that hasn't stopped people from performing it.

Innovative stylist becomes hair idol

2007-10-08T01:50:00.000-07:00

Yoell wins $150,000; dream shoot and cover feature
Karen Hall, Windsor Star from Canada.com wrote...

You've heard of Canadian and American Idol, but have you ever come across a hair idol?

You will if you take a trip to Accents Hair Studio in Tecumseh, where owner Sean Yoell just picked up the title.

Tomorrow's Hair...Today!

2007-10-02T07:50:00.000-07:00

I am pleased to announce that International Academy, in South Daytona, FL., is the first school in North America to carry both the S Wave Thermal Set™ and the Caribbean Dream™ Relaxer.

For more information on International Academy, please visit them at: http://www.iahd.net/

Until next time, Style Stars!

A New Wave Master Creation

2007-09-23T10:31:00.001-07:00

Wave Master, Roseli DaSilva, of Yellow Strawberry Global Salons in Fort Lauderdale, FL. has created a world of difference in the before and after images shown (make-up: Cintia DaSilva, model: Christine Klein).

If any Wave Masters out there want to show off their skills, please submit photos with the full names of the stylists and models to: Joy@Style-Stars.com.

Let's show the world your wave!